On the night when everyone in the Taifu Mansion was massacred, Shen Qingci hid a roll of blood-stained evidence and escaped from the sea of fire.
Three years later, she changed her name to A Ci and entered the palace wall as the lowest palace maid. She hid in the clothes bureau and worked every step of the way.
The palace is as deep as the sea, filled with murderous intent. She used her wits to break the situation, and met the cold-faced emperor on a narrow road in the cold palace - everyone said that Xiao Heng was a puppet in the hands of Prime Minister Liu, mediocre and inactive, indulging in pleasure. But deep in those indifferent eyes, she saw the forbearing edge and bottomless ambition.
She changed from a chess piece to a chess player, and he changed from temptation to affection. Amid the machinations of swords and shadows, two hearts riddled with holes approached each other, and were pulled apart repeatedly in the face of a blood feud.
When the truth about the family's annihilation comes to light, when the country and the beloved must choose one of the two——
Should he sacrifice her to protect the world, or give up his country for her?
Take blood as your oath, and use strategy as your blade.
This time, she wants to be her own chess player and his only queen.
